Sunday, August 05, 2012

Jordan Outed, McKinney Calls for Legislative Investigation

Citing “sources close to the investigation” of Speaker of the State House
Chris Donovan’s 5th District campaign for the U.S. Senate, HartfordCourant investigative reporter Jon Lender fingered Laura Jordon as the
“campaign aide who gave inside information to then Donovan campaign manager
Joshua Nassi.

Prior to Ms. Jordon’s outing as the Donovan floor manager identified in
an affidavit supporting the arrest of Mr. Nassi, the elusive legislative
contact had been identified in prosecution records as “Legislative Aide 1”:

“Top Democratic
legislative leaders would not agree to a Republican lawmaker’s proposal earlier
this week to launch their own probe into possible wrongdoing in the General
Assembly, including the House speaker’s office. And up to now, Legislative Aide
1 — as the person is referred to in the indictment — has not been identified
publicly.

“But in recent days,
sources familiar with the events described in the indictment have confirmed to
The Courant that she is Laura Jordan, a top aide and lawyer who is paid
$150,000 a year in the House speaker’s office at the Capitol. Jordan’s
attorney, Thomas Murphy, would neither confirm nor deny Friday that his client
is Legislative Aide 1.”